Performance analysis of optical packet switches equipped with multicast wavelength converters

Journal of Optical Networking

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 82-96

  Eramo, Vincenzo ^a   Listanti, Marco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE CONVERTERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTICASTING; PACKET NETWORKS;

MULTICAST WAVELENGTH CONVERTERS; OPTICAL PACKET SWITCHES; SHARED UNICAST WAVELENGTH CONVERTERS;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 33745285339     PISSN: 15365379     EISSN: 15365379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JON.5.000082     Document Type: Article

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